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Anonymous Posted at 10:14 am on Oct. 21, 2006
My dad is an asshole and he set it so only one ip(his laptop) can access the network. How can I set it so my laptop can also enter it. It's considered unsecured(encryption) but it just trys to connect forever then finally stopped. We have a netgear router by the way. I don't really feel like sitting in the family room and plugging into the network where everyone can see what I'm doing.

Thanks

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Stormblazer Posted at 3:58 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
Oh yeah, if none of that works, and you want to set your notebook back to normal, just go back the thing where you entered all the Ip info, and just set it back to automatic for both the IP and the DNS.
Stormblazer Posted at 3:57 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
O_o: His notebook's IP is 192.168.0.1... that's usually used for a gateway. Weird.
Well, first thing to try is to (on your notebook):
Double-click the wireless icon, click on properties, then double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

Select "Use the following IP address," and enter something like 192.168.0.5 or 192.168.0.11 for the IP, 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask (it'll probably fill in automatically when you click the box), and the Default gateway number you had from your dad's notebook (192.168.0.2).
Then fill in the DNS server fields with 24.51.159.139 and 24.41.98.194, and hit OK, then hit OK again (it might take it around 10-20sec), and then try connecting to the wireless network.

If that doesn't work, it might mean it's encrypted, or that your dad put restrictions on using the router. In that case, type in 192.168.0.2 (the default gateway) in the web address bar of IE or Firefox on your dad's notebook, that should bring up the router options. Every router's different, so I can't help you much from there, you'll just have to explore the settings. Of course, your dad might have passworded it too, in which case you can't really do anything.

Anonymous Posted at 3:20 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
IP                       192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask        255.2555.255.0
Default Gateway   192.168.02
DNS Servers         24.51.159.139
                         24.41.98.194
                         24.41.98.194
Stormblazer Posted at 3:02 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
Quote: from Anonymous at 3:40 pm on Oct. 21, 2006

It's not encrypted. I'm pretty sure it's not passworded. Can I just add another static IP address to it somehow rather than use his IP? How do I find the internal IP address? and after I find it how can I change it?  

Sorry, about the anonymous posting I didn't realise it was automatic


Ok, on his notebook, double click the wireless icon in the system tray (bottom-right corner), then click on the support tab of the window that pops up. It should give you some info, including the IP, Subnet Mask, and default gateway. Further, you'll want to click on the "details" button, and copy down the DNS servers info.
From there, depends on what the subnet mask and the IP is. You should be able to access the router now by typing in the default gateway IP in your web browser (with the wireless up).

Post the info here so I can look at it, that'd help a lot in figuring out what to do next (don't worry about anyone stealing it, this is all internal routing, not external, so it doesn't really matter who sees it).
The subnet mask, default gateway, and dns servers are especially important.

Anonymous Posted at 2:40 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
It's not encrypted. I'm pretty sure it's not passworded. Can I just add another static IP address to it somehow rather than use his IP? How do I find the internal IP address? and after I find it how can I change it?

Sorry, about the anonymous posting I didn't realise it was automatic

Stormblazer Posted at 1:32 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
Actually, now that I think of it, he might have just encrypted the network, in which case you can easily access the key on his notebook. When you select the network, does it say "security-enabled"? (if you're using XP SP1 or higher)
Stormblazer Posted at 12:35 pm on Oct. 21, 2006
Quote: from Anonymous at 11:14 am on Oct. 21, 2006

My dad is an asshole and he set it so only one ip(his laptop) can access the network. How can I set it so my laptop can also enter it. It's considered unsecured(encryption) but it just trys to connect forever then finally stopped. We have a netgear router by the way. I don't really feel like sitting in the family room and plugging into the network where everyone can see what I'm doing.

Thanks


It depends on how it's setup. First two things you need to know is the internal IP of the router, and whether or not it's passworded. If the latter's true, then there's not a whole lot you can do without the password. He probably used some feature on the router to restrict acess to a specific static IP of the laptop, so either you access that setting of the router (if it's not passworded), or you figure what IP the laptop is set to, and set yours to that as well, and hope your dad isn't using it at the same time.

Forever Angel Posted at 11:24 am on Oct. 21, 2006
Quote: from Anonymous at 12:29 pm on Oct. 21, 2006

you're right, made a different account since the one I posted with only has one anonomous post a day

If you make a topic as "anonymous", all your subsequent replies to that topic are also anonymous.

Anonymous Posted at 10:29 am on Oct. 21, 2006
you're right, made a different account since the one I posted with only has one anonomous post a day
32i Posted at 10:27 am on Oct. 21, 2006
Those are two different annonymous posters..
Anonymous Posted at 10:27 am on Oct. 21, 2006
Quote: from cheerleadersbugme at 1:23 pm on Oct. 21, 2006

get on his laptop and change it..

How?

Can't no neigbors have wireless internet

and I want to chat with my girlfriend privately and use a mike/webcam which is hard in the middle of a room with tons of people

cheerleadersbugme Posted at 10:23 am on Oct. 21, 2006
get on his laptop and change it..
Roy Posted at 10:17 am on Oct. 21, 2006
Could you try accessing a neighbors internet maybe? Try picking up another signal. I'm not quite sure how to get around that.
32i Posted at 10:17 am on Oct. 21, 2006
Sit in the family room and do it. You just can't look at porn.
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